There are books that authors don’t see themselves writing, but they somehow do. Shweta Taneja’s new title counts as an example of this. The idea of They Found What?/They Made What? (Hachette India) came about one night while the author stood in the balcony of her flat in Bengaluru. Taneja’s goal was to explore science beyond the textbook, in a way that encapsulates the wonder of the subject and the people behind it - scientists. “The idea was to capture the marvel that a scientist feels in discovering something that no one else in the world knows. That sense of achievement an inventor gets when something they dreamt of works well. The sheer imagination and curiosity it takes to pursue any field of science,” Taneja says.

The book has been illustrated by Sharanya Kunnath and includes panels for kids to  colour in as well as activity boxes, anecdotes and facts in every chapter. Pic Courtesy/Hachette India